# flod
## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Danish floth, from Old Norse flóð, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from *pleh₃(w)- (“flow”). Compare Swedish flod, Icelandic flóð, English flood, Dutch vloed, German Flut.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfloːð/
* Rhymes: -oːð, -oð

### Noun

flod c (singular definite floden, plural indefinite floder)
* river
* (uncountable) high tide

#### Synonyms

* (high tide): højvande

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “high tide”): lavvande, ebbe

#### Derived terms

* flodanker
* flodarm
* flodbassin
* flodbred
* flodbølge
* flodbåd
* floddal
* floddamper
* floddelta
* floddige
* floddør
* flodfart
* flodfisk
* flodhavn
* flodhest
* flodkrebs
* flodlandskab
* flodleje
* flodløb
* flodmundning
* flodpram
* flodrejse
* flodrig
* flodsand
* flodseng
* flodskipper
* flodskrænt
* flodslette
* flodsystem
* flodtransport
* flodvand
* syndflod
* vandflod

### References

* “flod” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* flood, floode, flode, flowt, fflood, fflode, vlode

### Etymology

Inherited from Old English flōd, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /floːd/
* Rhymes: -oːd

### Noun

flod (plural flodes)
* A waterbody or water in general (opposed to land):
** A river; a waterbody that moves in one direction.
** A lake or ocean; a large open body of water.
* A flood; a massive or momentous flooding.
* The rise or peak of the tide; rising tide.
* The movement of the sea (e.g. tide or flow)
* (figurative) Something that flows or issues in abundance.
* (figurative) A rise, growing or increasing.

#### Usage notes

This word often appears in rhyming collocations with good.

#### Related terms

* flodegate

#### Descendants

* English: flood
* Scots: fluid, flude

#### References

* “flọ̄d, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-11.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse flóð, compare with German Flut.

#### Noun

flod f or m (definite singular floda or floden, indefinite plural floder, definite plural flodene)
* a flood, deluge

##### Derived terms

* flodbølge
* syndflod

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vlot and German Fluß (now Fluss).

#### Noun

flod m (definite singular floden, indefinite plural floder, definite plural flodene)
* a large river

##### Derived terms

* flodhest

### References

* “flod” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse flóð.

### Noun

flod f (definite singular floda, indefinite plural floder, definite plural flodene)
* a flood, deluge
* flood tide (incoming tide), high tide
* a large river

#### Derived terms

* flodbølgje
* flodhest
* springflod
* syndflod

### See also

* (tide) flo (Bokmål)

### References

* “flod” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* Originally masculine; later masculine and neuter a-stem
* ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ (flódu) — Runic

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“flow”). Cognate with Old Saxon flōd, Old Dutch fluot (Dutch vloed), Old High German fluot (German Flut), Old Norse flóð (Icelandic flóð), Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /floːd/

### Noun

flōd m
* flowing of the tide
* river, stream; water as opposed to land
* flood, deluge

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* hēahflōd
* wæterflōd

#### Descendants

* Middle English: flod, flood, floode, flode, flowt, fflood, fflode, vlode
** English: flood
** Scots: fluid, flude
* → Anglo-Latin: flōdus [13th c.] (England)

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus, from *pleh₃(w)- (“flow”). Compare Old English flōd, Old Dutch fluot, Old High German fluot, Old Norse flóð, Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus).

### Noun

flōd m
* river, stream
* flood, deluge

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: vlōt, vloet
** German Low German: Flood

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse flóð, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus. Compare Danish flod, Icelandic flóð, English flood, Dutch vloed, German Flut.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fluːd/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

flod c
* a river
    Synonyms: å, älv, ström
* a flood
    Synonym: översvämning
* a high tide
    Synonym: högvatten
    Antonyms: ebb, lågvatten

#### Usage notes

* Rivers and streams in Scandinavia are named älv (-älven), å (-ån), ström (e.g. Göta älv, Lule älv, Svartån, Motala ström, Norrström), while flod is used to refer to rivers abroad.

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | flod | flods |
| singular | definite | floden | flodens |
| plural | indefinite | floder | floders |
| plural | definite | floderna | flodernas |

#### Derived terms

* flodarm
* flodbank
* flodbrädd
* flodbåt
* flodbäcken
* flodbädd
* floddal
* floddelta
* flodfart
* flodfåra
* flodfärd
* flodgud
* flodhäst
* flodkräfta
* flodmynning
* flodnejonöga
* flodområde
* flodpärlmussla
* flodspruta
* flodstrand
* flodsystem
* flodtid
* flodvatten
* flodvåg
* flodångare
* flodövergång
* syndaflod
* vattuflod
* vårflod

#### See also

* tidvatten (“tide”)

### References

* flod in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* flod in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* flod in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Volapük
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /flod/

### Noun

flod (nominative plural flods)
* frost

#### Declension

* $^1$ status as a case is disputed
* $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only